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1945 South American Championship
Football tournament
Football tournament
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | South American Championship |
| country | Chile |
| year | 1945 |
| dates | 14 January – 28 February |
| num_teams | 7 |
| confederations | 1 |
| venues | 1 |
| cities | 1 |
| champion | Argentina |
| count | 7 |
| second | Brazil |
| second-flagvar | 1889 |
| third | Chile |
| fourth | Uruguay |
| matches | 21 |
| goals | 89 |
| top_scorer | Brazil Heleno de Freitas |
| ARG Norberto Méndez | |
| (6 goals each) | |
| prevseason | [1942](1942-south-american-championship) |
| nextseason | [1946](1946-south-american-championship) |
| champion-flagvar = | second-flagvar = 1889 ARG Norberto Méndez (6 goals each)
The eighteenth edition of the South American Championship was held in Santiago, Chile from 14 January to 28 February. This tournament was an extra edition, with no trophy handed to the winners, but considered official by CONMEBOL.
The participating countries were Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia (for the first time), Ecuador, and Uruguay. Paraguay and Peru withdrew from the tournament.
Squads
For a complete list of participating squads see: 1945 South American Championship squads
Venues
| Santiago | |
|---|---|
| Campos de Sports | |
| Capacity: **70,000** | |
| [[File:Campos_de_Sports,_Los_Sports,_1924-10-31_(86).jpg | 253x253px]] |
Final round
Each team played against each of the other teams. Two points were awarded for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a defeat.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 5 | +17 | **11** | |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | +14 | **10** | |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | **9** | |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 6 | +8 | **6** | |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 25 | −18 | **3** | |
| 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | −13 | **2** | |
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 27 | −18 | **1** |
Vera
Hormazábal
Clavero
Jiménez
Luis Mendoza
Martino
Loustau
De la Mata
Heleno
Jaime
Alcántara
Porta
Varela
Riephoff
J. García
Ortiz
Porta
Tesourinha
Piñeiro
De la Mata
Martino
Pellegrina
J. Mendoza
Méndez
Martino
Boyé
Loustau
Ferraro
Rui
Porta
Gámez
Berdugo
Zenón González
Orgaz
Berdugo
Gámez
Heleno
Zizinho
Jair
Albornoz
Result
Goal scorers
6 goals
- ARG Norberto Méndez
- Brazil Heleno
5 goals
- Brazil Ademir
- Chile Juan Alcántara
- Uruguay Atilio García
4 goals
- ARG Rinaldo Martino
- ARG René Pontoni
- Chile Guillermo Clavero
- Ecuador Víctor Aguayo
3 goals
- Chile Desiderio Medina
- Uruguay Roberto Porta
2 goals
- ARG Vicente de la Mata
- ARG Ferraro
- ARG Loustau
- Brazil Jair
- Brazil Zizinho
- COL Roberto Gámez
- COL González Rubio
- COL Fulgencio Berdugo
- URU José García
1 goal
- ARG Mario Boyé
- ARG Manuel Pelegrina
- Bolivia Raúl Fernández
- Bolivia Zenón González
- Bolivia Severo Orgaz
- Brazil Jaime
- Brazil Jorginho
- Brazil Rui
- Brazil Tesourinha
- Chile Francisco Hormazábal
- Chile Manuel Piñeiro
- Chile Erasmo Vera
- Colombia Arturo Mendoza
- Ecuador Guillermo Albornoz
- Ecuador José L. Mendoza
- Ecuador José M. Jiménez
- Ecuador Luis A. Mendoza
- Ecuador Enrique Raymondi
- Uruguay Nicolás Falero
- Uruguay José M. Ortiz
- Uruguay Juan P. Riephoff
- Uruguay Varela
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